“The key to me is being different not for the sake of being different, but being the most authentic version of what you do. And definitely it takes a willingness to be different, because there was resistance for me early on, and I feel like that's usually the case when there's a certain paradigm or trend happening, and you step outside of that.”

American country music singer and songwriter

Sam Hunt is an American country music singer and songwriter. He is known for moving from athletics toward music, and for the songs that established him as a prominent country artist. Born in Cedartown, Georgia, he played football in high school and college. He first tried to build a professional sports career, then signed with MCA Nashville in 2014 and turned fully to music.